Envelope and method of making same



June 14,1927. 1,632,669

A. E. NAUGLE ENVELOPE AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME Filed Jan. 1926 glwvwntov .flZbertElVazgle Patented June14, 1927.

I umrno s JALBERTE NAUGLE, on mm mw JERSEY.

ENVELOPE AND amen or Maxine p 3 Application fi ledeJanuary My invention r-elatesrto envelopes aridto that class of envelopes intendedto be usedu-nsealed, and, with means to retainv the contents againstaccidentalg egress.

While adapted for 'any'purpose to which these unsealed envelopes are ordinarily used,

my invention is particularly intended for envelopes intended to holdheavy articles such ascoins,'; small machine elenients andthelike,

"Itis old to provide envelopes of this char acter vith; a-turnedin flap, or flaps intended I in-g said flaps to buckleand; leave an orifice required ofveach payroll.

130, 1 tain, the enclosedarticle against accide Llegress but, when used with contents or a; l'leiWyniatur-e such as coins, these have provedunsatisfactory as i. the flats are-easily distorted by the weight oi thc conte'nts causthrough Whichthe contcntsmay pass out.

t :1s;also old in the-,art to'iprovidesuch flaps; with st lienmg members to; prevent such buckling but this has usually involved I the addition Pot other material to the-paper blank from which GIIVGlOPBSgHI-Q customarily produced; and in; jaddition it, has-caused an undue .zthi-ckness at; one; end; of the envelope making envelopes so? formed-l inconvenient to stack, 7 a

In; paying: large gigonps; gof employees, as in.-:factories, itz is customarytol make up a payroll-sheet on which is indicatedthe number iotbills aandxcoins of convenient denomination. required a toyeonstitnte each employeefs pay. These are listed in colninns-andgthe columns; whenadded 111),: give a the number bill; or coin, to 'meet the :Theg currency Land coin is drawn i roin the bankin bulidllesyand bags; and placedi in; envelopes; bearing the employees names 2 or number, i thek required inumben of bills 4 and coins going "intoeach envelope being determined "from the payrollizsheet.

' H the envelopes are i all 1 filled Without ex cess or shortage inxthemoneyl zdrawngtomeet the payroll, this is usuli llycacceptedias:pigoof of 1 the correctness mania distribution; {In making dip-payrolls, however, a shortage or excess is not infrequent and it is very desirable to use a type of container which will securely hold the currency and coin during handling but which may be emptied quickly in the event it the payroll.

An object of my invention, therefore, is

to provide an envelope which Will securely hold its contentswithout sealing.

becomes necessary to recheck I 5, 'iezafseriaigno- 79 322.,

furtheriobjjectof my invention is todprovide. such; an 7 envelope as Will hold fheavy articles. Without distortionoffthe ,closing means case the. articles are shaken therein. A further object ofm invention. is to provide such a device in'which theconte'nts of the envelope may be expeditiously removed if desired Without vdlstructionoithe envelope] i further object on my invention is to, c

provide such a] device constructed Wholly I trom, a pap-er blank and ".adl'ie'sive lmaterial as commonly. iused' in the manufacture of envelopes. s j A 'lurther object ofmy i'nvention is to: provide an. open. edge (envelope, reinforced at the (opening,:pi'oducechfrom a iniitary blank 01 sheet material] 1 a i L xMy invention is capable of embodiment. in a variety of forms "Within, the spirit of; the claims forming part liereof-,,one of, which 1.01-

purposes ;of illustration is'show'n in the ac- Ldgj'gneigfihfll'latsides o fithe envelope,

and: QQis theotherflat side; 1 iSide -1 hasfedges 3, 1,, 5eand6 and side 2 has,e,dgesn7,,.8, 9 andf lO edges 1 and 10 beingconnected;intheblank.

is a t,ab ;1;2,. .'lhese;tabs be folded: relat vexto side ;1 -,and; be attached to side: 2 by adhesive or otherrvisein aimanner Well unf' d;erstood inthisart.v 3 I q r or flap" 151,;these flaps being gpreferabl-y identical in; fonm' :andndfimensibn- :WhileQin the fblank form. d

On flap 13 on flap 1 1 is a similar mark 16, the mark 16 being nearer to-the edge 7 than is the mark 15 tothe edge 3. Thus for a purpose hereinafter to be explained, as shown, these flaps arepreferably somewhatnarrower at their outer ends 17 and 18 than at the edges 3 and 7. I

To form the envelope from the blank, the

is a score or otherimark 15 and edge 17 is folded over the body of the flap 13 a short distance and then is continuously folded or rolled until the roll thus formed is 'arried down to the mark 15. The edge 18 is similarly folded or rolled until the roll thus formed is carried down to the mark 16. In making this roll or fold, it is desirable that the width of the roll shall be slightly less than the perpendicular distance from the line 15 to an extension of the line 16. Before rolling, the flap is preferably coated with adhesive so that the rolls thus formed will retain their shape and the unrolled porti-on of the flap will adhere to the inner walls of the envelope.

\Vhen rolled in the manner indicated, the flaps 13 and l l: will be provided respectively with ridge members 19 and 20 formed by the rolled portions of the flaps.

To form the envelope from the blank after rolling the flaps to produce the ridge members, the iiaps 13 and l l are turned downward over the sides 1 and 2 of the blank and the blank is then folded along the line tk-1O and the tabs 11 and 12 folded over the side 1 and secured thereto. by adhesive or otherwise.

The ridge members are in tandem, that is to say the ridge member 20 lies directly be low and substantially on a line with the ridge member 19 and so the flaps 13 and let in the normal condition of the envelope are in contact, being so held by the ridge members, which because of their rolled construction are somewhat resilient.

The ridge members, in the normal condition of the envelope, form a barrier to bar egress of the contents of the envelope.

The envelope thus formed has an open end defined by edges 3 and 7 of the sides and the interior flaps 13 and 14 provided with the ridge members 19 and 20. The contents may be inserted in the envelope by forcing the same into the open end 21 and past the ridge members, or a slight pressure may be exerted upon the top edges as with the thumb and forefinger, by which pressure the ridge members may be slightly bowed, opening a passage between the flaps which permits ready ingress into or egress of the contents from the envelope.

lVhen the contents has been placed in the envelope, the same may be sealed if desired, preferably by stapling; the ridge members forming a reinforcement which prevents the staple tearing out of the paper.

Vhat I claim to be new is:

1. An envelope with an edge opening and a barrier positioned in said opening to obstruct egress of the contents of the envelope through said opening, said barrier comprising a pair of abutments of elliptical crosssection arranged one below the other in parallel contacting relation, said abutments secured to opposite sides of the envelope.

2. In an envelope, an open end, a pair of flaps secured to opposite walls of and extending into the envelope from said end, one of said flaps extending to a greater depth than the other, each of said flaps having its inner end rolled upon itself to form a ridge member along the inner edge of said flap.

3. In an envelope, an open end, a pair of flaps secured to opposite walls of and extending into said envelope from said end, one of said flaps extending to a greater depth than the other, each of said flaps having its inner end rolled upon itself to form a ridge along the inner edge of. said flap, said ridges being in juxtaposition one above the other.

l. In an envelope, an open end, a pair of flaps secured to opposite walls of and extending from said end, one of said flaps extending to a greater depth than the other. each of said flaps having its end rolled upon itself and adhesively secured to form a ridge member along the inner edge of said flap, said ridge members being in juxtaposition one above the other.

5. The method of making an open end envelope which comprises producing a blank having a pair of adjacent flaps, rolling each flap down upon itself to form a ridge memher, one of said flaps being rolled a greater distance than the other, folding the flaps over the inner side of the body of the blank, folding the blank to provide a back and front for the envelope and securing said back and front together.

6. The method of making an open end envelope which comprises producing a blank having a pair of adjacent flaps, coating the inner face of each flap with adhesive, rolling each flap down upon itself to form a ridge member, one of said flaps being rolled a greater distance than the other, folding the flaps over the inner side of the body of the blank, folding the blank to form a back and front for the envelope and securing said back and front together.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

ALBERT E. NAUGLE. 

